acras

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish occoras.

Pronunciation

Noun

acras m (genitive singular acrais, plural acran)

  1. hunger
    Tha an t-acras orm.I am hungry. (literally, “There is the hunger on me.”)
  2. (dated) famine